313830 (v.1) Actuarial lnvestments and Asset Modelling 402
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| Area: | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Lecture: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): |
1234 (v.4)
Economics 100
AND 11001 (v.4) Macroeconomics 200 OR 312201 (v.1) Actuarial Economics 102 AND 12607 (v.3) Finance (Principles) 215 AND 311622 (v.1) Theory of Interest 202 |
| Syllabus: | Methods used for valuation of the common forms of debt, equity, property and derivative securities including the valuation methods and principles; data requirements and sources; and the implicit assumptions and limitations of these models. The application and limitations of the major economic and financial theories relevant to investment including efficient market hypothesis; capital asset pricing models; multi-factor pricing models; and theories from behavioural finance. Investment objectives and investment constraints based on the liability profile of a fund; characteristics of different types of asset models and their appropriateness for a given context. The relationship between risk and return and recognising risk factors which include issuer default, counterparty failure, systemic liquidity, the collapse of speculative bubbles, shocks to the economic system and cyclical/structural changes. Asset assumptions for asset models, taking into account historical date, prevailing industry expectations, contemporary investment literature, and other practical considerations such as tax. |
| Field of Education: | 081103 Insurance and Actuarial Studies |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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